Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Charles “CQ” Brown, Jr., addresses the audience during the Brig. Gen. Charles E. McGee Leadership Award ceremony at the Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center, University of Maryland, College Park, Md., Jan 27, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Andy Morataya)
Two soldiers from the 18th Field Artillery Brigade get grid coordinates for a live-fire exercise in Utah Feb.2,2023. This reoccurring exercise, called Scarlet Dragon, is a continuation of each U.S. military branch’s plan to modernize and test systems. (Photo by: Sgt. Erin Conway, 18th Field Artillery Brigade).
The XVIII Airborne Corps through its Scarlet Dragon exercise series seeks to improve data and ultimately decision-making across the Army, joint force and coalitions.
A U.S. Airman assigned to the 378th Air Expeditionary Wing, Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia assembles a communication flyaway kit and Ranger SATCOM terminal to establish network connectivity at Cairo West Air Base on June 27, 2022 as part of exercise Agile Phoenix. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Glen Flanagan)
The plan heavily takes into account that the Department of Defense is working more closely with commercial and international partners for global satellite communications to power JADC2.
Master Sgt. Kyle Pearson (left), Headquarters Air Mobility Command expeditionary communications functional area manager, and Tech. Sgt. Kevin Koenig, 621st Contingency Response Support Squadron tactical radio communications section chief, provides communication from a Nomad GCS Tactical Control Vehicle at a simulated austere base during the Advanced Battle Management System exercise on Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Sept. 1, 2020. The ABMS is an interconnected battle network – the digital architecture or foundation – which collects, processes and shares data relevant to warfighters in order to make better decisions faster. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Cory D. Payne)
Lauren Knausenberger, Air Force chief information officer, receives a mission brief from the 2nd Communications Squadron during an official visit to Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, June 16, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jacob B. Wrightsman)
U.S. Lt. Gen. Mary O'Brien and U.K. Lt. Gen. Tom Copinger-Symes recently signed the Fully Networked Command, Control, and Communications (FNC3) statement of intent.
U.S. Soldiers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 20th Field Artillery Regiment, work with the Autonomous Multi-Domain Launcher (AML), on a Palletized Load System (PLS) using a Remote Interface Unit (RIU) as a part of Project Convergence 22 at Fort Irwin, California, Oct. 31, 2022. (U.S. Army photo by SPC Collin S. MacKown)
The smaller events will continuously test and improve operational technologies that have previously been established, particularly in the data operations space.